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Some local union workers at Republic Services were honoring a strike in Boston by not crossing the picket line, leaving trash, recycling and yard waste bins overflowing along the sides of Chula Vista and other South Bay area streets.
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No specific details of the proposed agreement were released, although union officials said it includes higher wages, additional pension contributions and improvements in health, welfare and staffing. -
In the latest state enrollment data released, California had 230,443 homeless students — a 9.3% increase from the previous year. -
Builders, unions, realtors, police and many others spent more than $2 million on the race. They supported Paloma Aguirre and opposed her rival, Chula Vista Mayor John McCann. There was a lot at stake. -
This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Outdoor digital art at UC San Diego; ICA NextGen; San Diego Symphony and fireworks; "The Janeiad" at The Old Globe; "Consequential Dances" at Art Produce; Lambda Archives Intergenerational Exhibit at the Central Library; live music and more arts picks. -
A day after Sharp HealthCare announced it was laying off 315 of its employees, an additional 40 Sharp medical office workers voted unanimously to join SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West. -
In a statement released Tuesday night, Aguirre said District 1 residents "now have a fighter at the county Board of Supervisors who will hold the line against the Trump administration." -
Sayed Sadat came to San Diego from Afghanistan almost three years ago. His father is still stranded there despite his work for the U.S. Military. -
The looming question after the nationwide "No Kings" protests last month was, "Now what?" Longtime San Diego political scientist Carl Luna has an answer. -
The first returns in Tuesday’s special election for county supervisor show Paloma Aguirre, the Democratic mayor of Imperial Beach with a 6 point lead over her opponent John McCann. -
We’re in the final hours of the special election for San Diego County’s District 1 supervisor. KPBS checks in at a voting center in National City to see how the day is unfolding as the 8 p.m. deadline approaches.
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